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minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI feel like programming language produces programs, and makeup languages formatted documents. I wouldn’t consider a formatted document to be a program, so I don’t consider a markup language to be a programming language. Doesn’t make it less valuable, though
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoACKSHUALLY … markup languages do not produce a formatted document. They define semantic elements of the document. The formatting is done by the compiler (whatever it is in the individual context) based on styles defined by a styling language.
I feel like programming language produces programs, and makeup languages formatted documents.
I wouldn’t consider a formatted document to be a program, so I don’t consider a markup language to be a programming language.
Doesn’t make it less valuable, though
ACKSHUALLY … markup languages do not produce a formatted document. They define semantic elements of the document. The formatting is done by the compiler (whatever it is in the individual context) based on styles defined by a styling language.